My mother's been out of work for the past seven years due to a back injury. My dad work at a shitty fast food restaurant for 12 years, and only maxed out at $8.25 an hour. He had to stop working because he had back surgery, and now he can't go back to work. He had to turn to government assistance to help support our family. This meant that he had to have his hours cut back, otherwise, according to the government, he'd be making to much to get help. He had to work less than 20 hours a week. All of the money that he gets from the government goes towards the loans he had to take out to be able to pay the bills a few years ago, and towards the bills we have now. Our household includes: Him, my mom, my older sister, my three younger brothers, and me. One of my younger brothers has down syndrome, so he does get a check from the government. That check helps out very little.My sister changes her job, and her major, way to often to be of any help, and I've been out of a job since June. I've been looking for a job, but the job market is limited around where I live. Think before you speak, asshole.

Depends where you are at in the country. Costs of living change. Then there's rent, gas, water, electricity, food, food for others if you have dependants. Gas for your car, insurance for car, possible car payments if you don't own your car yet. It doesn't go very far.